diff --git a/frameworks/SPASSmeter/benchmark.sh b/frameworks/SPASSmeter/benchmark.sh
index ffe5fa9b726b179b39231d978ed45d85c413c892..9c5d98f4cc722f1dcebd5d5a9cd7db056d4837ac 100755
--- a/frameworks/SPASSmeter/benchmark.sh
+++ b/frameworks/SPASSmeter/benchmark.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ TIME=`expr ${METHODTIME} \* ${TOTALCALLS} / 1000000000 \* 4 \* ${RECURSIONDEPTH}
 echo "Experiment will take circa ${TIME} seconds."
 
 echo "Removing and recreating '$RESULTSDIR'"
-(rm -rf ${RESULTSDIR}) && mkdir ${RESULTSDIR}
+(rm -rf ${RESULTSDIR}) && mkdir -p ${RESULTSDIR}
 #mkdir ${RESULTSDIR}stat/
 
 # Clear spassmeter.log and initialize logging